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Car Review: The BMW X7 is three rows of luxury and now the base version is a worthy look with revamped power 03/04/2024 06:49am • BMW calls its SUV, or crossover, a Sport Activity Vehicle and the X7 has space for the entire family, while still managing to be more of a driver’s vehicle than other big rides. With a big makeover last year, the X7 is more alluring than before with big changes under the hood. When I saw that Two fragile DC neighborhoods hang in the balance as the Wizards and Capitals consider leaving town 03/04/2024 04:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Already struggling to keep his Chinatown bar afloat, Yousef Tellawi felt a sense of impending doom when he learned that the owner of Washington's Capitals and Wizards wanted to move the teams out of the neighborhood and into northern Virginia. The departure of the teams from t Cost of Purple line increases yet again, completion pushed back 03/01/2024 10:44pm • The Maryland Transit Administration will seek approval next month for as much as $425 million in "relief payments" related to delays in the Purple Line light rail project. Officials announced the extra payments along with a roughly 234-day delay that will push the line's completion back from spri Teen girl dies in 'train surfing incident' near Silver Spring Metro station 03/01/2024 04:10pm • A teen girl died Friday morning in an "apparent train surfing incident" near the Silver Spring Metro station, according to the transit agency. Train surfing is defined as riding on the outside or on top of a moving railcar. "We are deeply saddened to learn that a teenage girl lost her life thi Maryland State House lockdown prompted by threatening call lifted, nothing suspicious found 03/01/2024 07:15am • Police locked down the Maryland State House for about two hours following an anonymous threat that prompted officials to close the legislative building and the surrounding area on Thursday evening. Law enforcement officials gave the all clear to reopen the area just before 7 p.m. after sweeping t Faith-based network looks for your support in getting hundreds of guns off Montgomery Co. streets 03/01/2024 05:17am • A faith-based gun violence prevention group is asking for donations to help fund a “no questions asked” buyback event that hopes to get 300 guns off the streets of Montgomery County, Maryland. The D.C. area Interfaith Gun Violence Prevention Network is sponsoring the event which will be held Speeding ticket fines could double in Arlington under proposal 02/29/2024 10:40pm • Leaders in Arlington, Virginia, are considering increasing the fines for cars caught driving too fast by speed cameras in school crossing zones and highway work zones. Currently, speed camera tickets come with a $50 fine. However, the county board is exploring whether to increase that fine to $10 Md. man accused of leading chase in stolen truck was having 'psychotic episode,' lawyer argues 02/29/2024 08:47pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, District Court judge has ordered the man accused of stealing a state highway truck and leading police on a chase across several suburban neighborhoods to be held without bond. On Thursday, Judge Holly D. Reed III called the incident "one of the most extreme dangers 'Beer bottles, mattresses, ladders': Maryland crews tackle cleanup of 17,000 miles of roadway 02/29/2024 08:28pm • Crews spent hours picking their way along the shoulder of Interstate 370 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and by noon, they had already filled huge trash bags full of what either falls or gets tossed from cars and trucks. It's part of "Operation Clean Sweep," the Maryland Department of Transportati ICE says it tried to detain this man twice last year. He's now charged in a Maryland toddler's killing 02/29/2024 02:39pm • Five people are facing murder charges in connection with a shooting that left a 2-year-old boy dead in Langley Park, Maryland, this month. One of those suspects, and his immigration status, has inspired a new standard practice for how police communicate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Maryland State Police to give away steering wheel locks to some Kia, Hyundai owners 02/28/2024 04:52pm • This weekend, Maryland State Police will be offering steering wheel locks to owners of Hyundai and Kia vehicles that use a physical key in order to start. The free locks will be available at 14 state police barracks around Maryland, including in Rockville, College Park, Forestville and La Plata. DC mom takes matters into her own hands to keep kids crossing the street safe 02/28/2024 04:27pm • In the fall of 2022, Allison McGill started spending time along the streets near Tyler Elementary School in Southeast D.C. She's not a paid crossing guard, but she has a vest to make sure drivers can see her as she helps kids walking to school cross the street. She's been dedicating about 30 minu Safety watchdog: Some Metro train operators may not have knowledge, skills to safely operate trains 02/28/2024 02:35pm • The independent agency that oversees safety on Metro's rail system released a new report Wednesday, revealing concerns that some train operators may not have the "knowledge and skills needed to safely operate trains." According to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, Metro has a habit of n Court appearance postponed: Man accused of leading police on 30-mile chase in stolen Md. highway truck remains hospitalized 02/27/2024 04:13pm • Arrest warrants reveal new details about what happened after police say a Maryland man stole a tow truck, rammed several vehicles and led authorities on a nearly 30-mile chase earlier this month. Flavio Cesar Lanuza, 27, of Laurel, remains hospitalized Tuesday at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Cen Rapid test could detect COVID-19 in air before you go to movie, dine out 02/27/2024 11:20am • Researchers at Virginia Tech are working on a device that would let people sample air for the presence of COVID-19, before deciding whether to enter a business or facility. "We're trying to make it possible that someone could walk into a space, and within 15 minutes, do something like a rapid